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` Paper-Boxes.. N0,l49,889, Patente-d April 2|, 1874.

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F. W. SMITH. Paper-Boxes.

Patented April 2'1, 1874.

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lSpecification forming prt of Letters Patent No. h dwtlv, dated April21, 1874 application filed March-1651874. f

i To all' whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRDERIGK W. SMITH,"

of Chicago, State of Illinois, have invented an Improvement in PaperBoxes, of whichthe following is a specification:

My invention consists in a new and improved form ofbox made of stiipaper. The boxes may be made of one or more pieces of paper, but to befully complete it would require two. -And I hereby proceed to describemy invention, sot-hat others skilled inV the art of making paper boxesmay be ableto make the saine.l 'I y l Figure 3 represents the body-ofthe. box cut from one piece.

A is the front of the box.V E is the bottom; B, the back; F, the top,and U the cover. a

stitute the sides ofthe box. C' is a flap, to secure the cover in place.To form the. box, the sides a. a -au are turned 4up at right angles withbody A, and 4the .front A and the sides a a a a are then place the partE at right angles with A; and I3. The laps e e are then secured to theoutside of the sides au, and the sides'bL b are then turned up andsecured over both. Ihe parts b b are'then doubled over the points ia. yaand securely fastened. The cover C isthen bent over, and 'the parts ffare secured nerside of the parts cf.4 c".,"and the parts 0'/ e are thendoubled over'the'parts ,ff-and securely fastened. .A .pocket for the Hapis formed in the front of theboxfbydnserting an additional piece opaperof the form shown in Ii-ig.' 4, rthe part Dbe' b b forma neck, overwhich the sides formed /pleted and open.

the tape and pulling up the cover'U.

bent over so as to,-

to 'the ihing in eontactwitll the l frontAmd thesidesd d being againstthe by c' 0', c c, and f f are closed, and the box is thereby rendereddust-proof. This neck and thepart forming thepocket areshown at D dd,Fig. I. 4ig. l represents the box coml Fig. 2 representsthe box closed.

The box is easily opened Aby taking hold of Ihc front of the box being'lower than the beck renders it very easy to turnv back the tops of theinclosed papers, so ets-readily toy inspectY theheadings ofthe same.

The part shown in Fig. l nlay be left out of boxes madegfor somepurposes, and the con-- tents of the box Will`form, in connection withthe'part A, a pocket for the flap.` i A box thus formed is of cheapconstruction, ald very serviceable, being handy,stron g, ,and secure,the cover C and top I, ith'the lia-p c', being` so formed, inconnectionwith the triangular sidesc c, that no Weight of papel: or other articleson the inside against the top F can open the box. The box is thus fullyas secure when the liep is in place as if itwvere tied with tape 4orotherwise fastened.

What I claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,-is- 4 The paper box herein describedthat is, the body ofthe box cut fromone I piece of paper, with the 'flapsff and the parts 0"" c, theoverlapping parts c c lv and the pointed ends a a', together with theoverlapping parts b b', es shown in Fig. 3, formed and, .gether asand-for the purpose' specified and put toset forth'. 4 Y

` YITIRIEIDERICK W. SMITH. p Witnesses:

RH; SMITH, H. A. SMITH.

